Power baling machine



.Oct 12 1926.

4 J. HANSEN POWER BALING MACHINE 4 sheets-shat 1 Filed April 20, 1925.

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J. HANSEN PbwER BAL-ING MACHINE Filed A ril 20, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet A -INVEQNTORV.

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Application-filed April 26, 152 5. s"e -.1;1jm;,24,425; 1' Il 11 7 My invention has reference to power bal-l 7 Pi ingumachines, of that' class shown in my segment former application forL'etters Patent of the 1 United States, ,filed'danuary Ltenth, 1925, 5 SeriaLNo. 1565, in which machines the 1 compression devices are operated iby means" of a 'painoffvertical screws,"'rotatahly sup;

' yported at opposite'ends' offthe machine;

' flplatenmechanism arranged soas to,- clear thetop of the machine, so as' to leavej'the,

same completelyopenffoijthe purpose ofby the cooperation of gear devices partly stationed on the. frame of the machine and receiving the material. lhis is accom; 'plished inthe machine mentioned-by tipping the platen to, one side. of the machine as it nearsthe top thereof. This is brought about I I Qprovidedat said edges with angle-plates 10.

f The construction of said receptacle is largely ibracedfhyl angle-plates ,4, and i are unitedhy- 'glongitudinal channelplates 5. centrallyof themachine is a receptacle, the [lower part of hichi's formed of aJfIO QI'l'G. At one end th'ereof'is a pair of end-plates 1,7, spaced apart atthejirjinner'edgeaand I enlarged detail of gear f ,Fig. 5' is View ofthe gear segnient 28. I

Fig; i shiftingdevices in operative position." v

Fig. 's an"enlarged-sectional view of the" I I fc'arrier lfan'd appurtenant parts; 7 Vertically movaloleon said serewsare'platen i 10 jsupporti'ng devices, said platen' heing mov- "able in a'downwardly or upwardly direction with. said devices, the downward movement. thereo fflcausing the platen to exert a presv sure upon the contents of the machine; -machine's '0f this'kind, whicharelfilled fronr alpointov erhead, ,it is vdesirable to have the y; cross-pieces f 3,; preferably "formed of channel plates. i" .Said frames are further Supported reinforced at said edges; angle-plates 8.

To'the outer'edgesofthe'plates'l arehinged 75 sideplates' 9, having'jangular' endrplat'es-Q f partly movable With-the platen mechanisnr ffl a result the coacting "gears are only in mesh at'fthe upperend' of the platen movement, such gears disengaging as the platen moved downwardly, and re-engaging upon I the return thereof. .It is therefore essential f that the gears be perfectly formed'and posiH tioned, so that they'will mesh exactly, othervcausing stoppage and breakage of parts.

1 that/the gears thereof are'always ,inmesh,

orjgetting out of register. By reason there:

. of the machine has a positive action and 1- I I I @of the machine; .Power is imparted to said {shaft to rotate thesame, the movement there.-

high degree of efficiency. The particular construction, arrangement,

which: j a

" Fig.1 is a view, partly tudinally of the machine' I 2is an endview thereof.

had' to the accompanyingdrawings," in

' wise there is'danger of theinjamming and"; I I I 3 I i I F' edonthe'inne' faces'jof the cross pieces I In the present invention .gearing also. .Hmade use'of to produce the desired results,- but this gearingis soarranged and operated 1 and operation ofthe various partsof the machine will bemorejfully inderstoodfrom the following specification,reference being" in section, longi also spaced vapartat their inner edges, and

andthe same is notbroadly involved in thepresent application. The'hingedfside and end {plates are also adapted vtoQhe held. 11

I closed position by means of suitablefasten 11ng'dev 1'ces on said end plates, as shown at 8 A in" Fig. 2, said devices 'bein'gadap'ted for connection ;with parts of; the frame I above and beneathIsa-id"endpla'tes;

the' hase'of; the frames thei lowe'r' ends so thatthere is noIpossibility'of-their beingj I I I -gagedi by 'correspondingdrive gears'l5 on fd'evicesto thellscreyv-shafts 12,,t'o give rotao'f saidshafts are 'volute-gear' wheels 14, en-

a shaft 16, rotatably mounted. in }the base of fleeing communicated through said gear tion theretof"simultaneously, and in I the same direction. 3 r

I on eachofthe screws 12' is: a traveller intern ally threaded to correspond with the threads" on said screws, and movable vertical- Y lytliereon uponthe'screw's Ioein rotated.

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ported oneach. travl1ers is a 57 from. I inner a e a:

enlarged view ofthe platen: I i o projectstud-shaftslt), upon which are rockingly supported sleeves 20, at the ends of an arch-frame 21, to the lower face of which is fixed a platen or ram, preferably formed of channel-plate sections 22, shown in"T ig.i1-.

Near the lower endoifone of the travellers 17 is an annular rib2 l, and to the lower end of said tra'veller is lined a collar 25, preferably by athrcaded connection with the traveller. Between said rib and collar is rotatably su-ppor-teda plate 26, on one edge of which is a segmental bevel-gear 27, in

, mesh withasimilar bevel-gear segment 28, fixed to lugs29 on the sleeve 20.

10f a lowi' vertical' portion a, a spiral portion 72, and an upper vertical portion 0.

1 Uponthe shafts, 12 being simultaneously rotated the travellers 17 move upwardly or downwardly thereon, depending upon the "direction of rotation ,ol the shafts, said Itravellers carrying with them the frame 21 and platform 22. During the greater part of such movement the platen is held in a horizontal position by reason of the frame 21 being guided nearits ends by the plates '8 at one. end and theplates 10 at the other end, and upward extensions 34 and 35 of said platesr In the upward movement of the platen,

, after it has fully cleared the receptacle for thematerial the {follower 30 enters the track '31, and the parts continue to move upwardly .u'ntil the arch 21 is clear of the guides 34t and 35, which diverge from each other "in the upper part of themachine, forming braces for the upper ends of said guides.

(Fig 2.) Asthe upward movement of the travellers continues the follower 3O traverses the spiral portion of the track 31, giving to the'plate 26 and gear 27, thereon a rotary movement of approximately ninety degrees.

Thismovement is imparted to the gear 28 in a corresponding degree, giving a quarter- 'turn to the sleeve 20, and tipping the platen 22 into a vertical position, as shown in Fi 2. waidly in the track section 0 until the platen is well'clear of the upper part of the receptacle The 'movement of the driving mechanism is then arrested, preferably by automatic means, as shown insaid former application. The upper part of the re-' -iceptacle is then fully cleared, to permit the introduction of material into the same.

Upon a reverse movement of the shafts 112 the follower 30 retraces its course through the track 31, restoring the gears 27 and 28 to. their normalpositions, and tipping the platen back into 'a horizontal plane, suitters Patent, is:

The follower 30 then moves upable tor operation on the material in the machme. it will be'noted that said gears are always in engagement, ready to operate upon the proper impetus being given" thereto.

" hat Iclaim, .a nd desire 1. Adevice of the' class described, com- "prising a frame and receptacle therein, vertical screws rotatably mounted in the ends of said frame, travellers on said screws, means for actuating saidscr'ews to cause a movement of the travellers upwardlythere on, ointhelreverse, a platen frame pivotal ly supported by said travellers, and-prov ded with compression devices, means for guiding said platen frame in the vertical movement "thereof, to a point near the end otits upward movement, cooperatlng-ge'ars on one of saiditr-avellers, and the platen frame, and mechanism on the main frame for actuat ngthe gear on the "traveller toimpart a partial rotation thereto, and to the cooperating gear, to convert the platen devices from'a hori- 'zontal to a vertical position, .or the reverse.

' 2. A device of the class described, comprising aft'rame and receptacle therein, a screw device rotatably mounted in said frame and member, supported thereon so; as; to be 'vertically movable, upon {said screw fd'evicebeing rotated, a platen j'mechaiiism supported by said member, so as to be capable otlbeing tilted, to bring-the platen from a horizontal to a vertical position, guiding means for said plate'nto hold the same in a horizontal position until it nears the end of its upward stroke, cooperating gears on said movable member and the platen mechanism, and c0- acting devices on, said movable member and the frame, capable of giving a partial rotation to said movable member, coincidently with'a continued vertical movement oi the movable member, to impart a tilting inovement-to the platen mechanism, 7 r v 3. A device of the class described, comprising a frame and receptacle-therein,screw mechanism at the ends of said receptacle, including vertically (movable carriers, a

platen mechanism pivotally supported on said carrieraguides itor said "platen mechan sm capable of holdmg the same 'with'the platen in a horizontal position in the vertical movement thereof toapjoint near the upper end of its movement, and disengaging there- [from at said point, a rotatable member on one of said carr1ers,:prov1ded with a cam ,fol-

lower, a cam track 'on said frame adapted for engagementby said followen said track having a straight portion for'initial engagement by said follower without actuating said rotatable member, and a spiral portion for continued engagement with said follower to impart a partial rotation to said rotatable member, and means for imparting the move ment of said rotatable member to said platen to secure by Iiet- V 'mechanism, torock the platen into .a vertical position, the follower being fullyv'engaged guidesfdiswith said' cam-track before said engage from the platen mechanism.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a frame and receptacle therein, vertically movable supportsat theends ofv said recep- -tacle,-and means for imparting movementthereto in an upwardly or downwardly di rectioma platen mechanism-jrockingly con- ,nected with said supports, guides for said platen mechanism adapted to hold the same with the platen in ahorizontal position to a point near the end of its upward movement, j

andldisengageable therefrom at that point.

a rotatable member on one of said supports,

operatively connected with said platen mechanism so as to impart'a rocking movement V thereto, and provided with a camenga'g ng dev ce, a cam member fixed on said frame adapted for engagement by said-last-named device upon said platen mechanism'fnearing the end of its upward movement, said cam member havingarstraighttrack for initial engagement with said device without actuata ing said rotatablemember, a spiral portion for secondary engagement with said. device i to give-a partial rotation, to said rotatable platen-mechanism, 'to'change the position of Q the platen with relation to said receptacle, said guides coacting with said cam member and engagingv device'during'a portion of the initialengagementof said parts.

, In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

l 1 I JOHN 

